St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-06-25

COVINGrON. LOUISIANA
PocoN'P AND CHINOOK.
Remarkable Cmaease r>e..
Great Das0a nagsoo,
Inc ''pogOnip" IL . Nevada ma,
nomenon. while the chinook belono,
70 Montana The whites frst made tie
acquaintance Of the poGonip about
. ~. years ago. when they went to
white Pine County. 1t the time Of the
striking Of the almost pure silver on
treasure Hill. Treasure City, on tho
peak OF Treasure Hill. thousands Of feet
above the level Of the sea, is the true
nome and stamping ground Of the pogo
mp: The pogonip. 20 feared, is = sort
o. frozen log that fills the air It times
IN winter. It often appears on the
c'earest and brightest Of days. coming
suddenly from no one knows whence.
IN an instant the air is filled with float
ing needles OF ice. To breathe the po9o.
mp Is death to the lungs. when il
comes people rush to cover. The In
dams dread it rs much q the whites.
They discovered the pogonip long
ago Pogonip is an Indian word,
the very sound Of which describes
the phenomenon to which il 10
applied. It is the same with the
Flute word for cold. The word il
"oo-zoot-zoo." and is full Of shake and
shiver: The pogonip appears to b
caused BY the sudden freezing in the air
Of the moisture which collects about the
summit Of high peaks.
To stand in . valley . mile or two Be.
low and look up at the top Of mount.
ain on which pogonip has appeared is .
sight beautiful and peculiar. In all
directions the cloudless heavens are
deep. calm blue-if . color can be said
to be calm. The top Of the peak ID
hidden in the pogonip. which 10 n bril-
liant under the light Of the sun ~
those parhelia seen about the sun in
Artic regions. but il 10 moving. shape
less mass Of luminosity. From this
glittering cloud bright strsamers are
often seen stretching away from the
mountain peak. that look like the waver-
ing and flashing wires that are shot up
ward by the aurora borealis. These
ribbons Of fiery light stretch away in =
direction opposite to that from which
the wind is blowing. They are evil
IDENTIFY shreds and strips Of the pogo
nip that are torn Oh and waited away
BY the gale.
On the top Of the mountain the
poponip is so dense that one can see
through it to the distance Of only . few
yards. The air is filled with minute
and slender crystals Of ice. These strik.
ing together produce . slight. con.
tinuous rustling sound. Breathed into
the lungs they prick like needles. The
phenomenon Of the pogonip is to be
seen in winter in very many places in
Nevada about the tops OF high mount
aims. also about most Of the tall peaks
all through the Great Basin region.
While the coming Of the ''pogonip"
is dreaded. the advent Of the ''chinook"
is heartily welcomed. The chinook
means warm weather. It is . phenom-
enally warm south or sOuthwesterly
wind that strikes down into Montana.
Idaho. and other northern and snowy
regions lying east Of the Sierra Nevada
and even into the regions
far to the eastward OF the Rocky mount.
aims.
1t is in . mild way . sort Of sirocco,
but is without the noxious qualities Of
the sirocco that blows from the Libyan
deserts into Italy and Sicily. 1t appears
to be = mixture Of the dry. heated air Of /
the deserts Of Arizona and New Mexico.
rising and mingiing with the warm but
moister breezes moving eastward OF the
Pacific Ocean. Somewhere in the upper
regions-high above the tops Of al the |
mountains currents Of air meet
mingle. and finally descend upon the |
regions Of the north. just
where they ara wanted and prayed for.
Before the chinook the snowdrifts melt /
IS before . blast Of hot air blown
through = tube and directed against
hem. A IL by magic. the snowy GOV.
.ring Of the hills and valleys disappears.
The atmosphere is everywhere warm and
balmy. So much moisture has been
AIKEN up by the air during the process
II melting away the snow that the
,reezcs are soft and sweet N those Of
'pring.
When old winter bowls and prowls
through the territories Of our northern
,eighbors. and the whole face Of the
,ountry lies buried in snow. no wonder
hat we see in their newspapers 50
many appeals to the ''clerk Of the
Weather" to send then the "blessed
hinook. Dave de Qsille, IN VSrgisis
gstcrprise.
Appstisi"g F'ssors.
Some odd combinations in flavor have
cen the result Of experiment. Nearly
very good housekeePer knows that
omato catsup is greatly improved BY
hrowing into the boiling pulp good
handful Of peach leaves. A leaf ol
verbena is equal to pccoe
blossoms II put into cup Of fragrant
)olong tea The favor Of black